It is of interest to the scientist who is estimating losses of nutrients in cooking to know what type of fuel is used by the housewife. Unfortunately, the only information available to us on this subject is that resulting from an investigation done among poorer-paid working class housewives for the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research on the heating of dwellings.
It can be seen from the following tables that quite a large proportion of the housewives of the poorer class still cooks on an open fire.
Table 62
Type of fuel used for cooking in winter, analysed by Geographical Regions
REGION I
REGION II
REGION III
REGION IV
REGION V
NATIONAL
Scotland
North
Midlands
London
and S.
S.W. and
Wales
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
Coal
381
49.0
1094
67.0
336
45.3
494
36.0
411
53.9
2716
51.5
Gas
578
76.5
1180
72.0
557
75.0
1048
76.5
447
58.5
3810
72.4
Elec.
75
9.9
111
6.8
89
12.0
147
10.7
59
7.7
481
9.1
Oil
43
5.7
12
0.7
1
0.1
39
2.8
49
6.4
144
2.7
TOTAL
757
1635
742
1369
764
5267
Table 63
Type of fuel used for cooking in summer, analysed by Geographical Regions
REGION I
REGION II
REGION III
REGION IV
REGION V
NATIONAL
Scotland
North
Midlands
London
and S.
S.W. and
Wales
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
Coal
248
32.8
954
53.4
182
24.3
125
9.1
295
43.0
1804
34.2
Gas
577
76.4
1221
75.0
589
79.5
1126
82.4
464
60.9
3977
75.4
Elec.
75
9.9
119
7.3
92
12.4
151
11.0
67
8.7
504
9.5
Oil
44
5.8
14
.85
2
.25
44
3.2
51
8.0
165
3.1
TOTAL
757
1635
742
1369
764
5267
Table 64
Coal users using other forms for fuel for cooking analysed by Urban and Rural
